I do not think that some studying Bible prophecy see the big picture and that’s why they go down various rabbit trails that cannot be backed up through scripture exegesis. One important issue that students of Bible prophecy would be wise to understand is that the end time Beast comes into power with a woman riding on its back. That woman is the Roman Empire Whore of Revelation 17. She represents Dominion Theology and she guides in the global governance Beast.
There were only four Gentile world empires in the dream visions of Daniel chapters 2 and 7. Those four represent the remaining Gentile world kingdoms until God smashes satanic controlled world rule and establishes His own kingdom on earth.
In chapter 2, King Nebuchadnezzar was given a dream. The dream constituted of an image and Daniel interprets it. The image represented the world kingdoms that would rule the earth under the authority given to Satan until the end of the age (Mt 4: 8-9).
The head of Gold on the image was Nebuchadnezzar. He represented the Babylonian Empire. As we descend down the image and in time the head of gold is followed by a chest of silver. That was the Medo-Persian Empire. That was followed by the belly of bronze. It was the Greek Empire. The legs of Iron were the Roman Empire. The two legs represented the division of the Roman Empire into east and west. Finally we see the feet and toes. The toes would be ten kings that will rule the world with the Beast just before God destroys Gentile world rule.
The feet and toes are not a fifth empire because we are told in Daniel chapter 7 that there are only four kingdoms. The Roman Empire Kingdom never ceased to exist in God’s eyes, the Roman Beast still rules the world. Daniel chapter 7 says the fourth beast shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. We saw that happen with the countless wars of history and the breaking up of the world into many nation states.
The ten toes on the image whose feet stomped on the world therefore are most likely ten leaders of ten world zones that are under European (Roman) control. Yes, the world has already been divided into ten zones by the world elite of Europe. There have been a number of attempts to bring about global governance from Europe in the past but they all failed because there were no zones and they were not in God’s timing.
What I said is orthodox Premillennial Theology. Most would not have a great problem with my interpretation even if they might not all agree on the toes. However, many that believe in Premillennial Theology seem to totally overlook or distort the role of the Roman Empire Whore of Revelation 17. Since many studying Bible prophecy do not understand the Roman Whore, they also do not recognize her and see her role in contemporary affairs.
The Roman Empire Whore has Dominion Theology
The Roman Empire Whore first had to have a marriage covenant with God or His Son or she would not be identified as a Whore by God. She is not Israel, so that leaves visible Christendom as the only possibility. She is not Islam although ChrisIslam is a future remote possibility.
Revelation 17 indicates that the Roman Empire whore fornicated with the kings of the world. She also persecuted the true saints. We know from history that those claiming to be Christians controlled Christendom and its politics for many centuries and they killed many that opposed her fornication with the world political system.
The Whore has been around for a long time and in these last days she will totally control the world political system again before the Beast arises. This is critical to know to understand in these last days. It is Whore that has Dominion Theology that will ride in the Beast.
The Whore as a religious identify was obviously the Roman Catholic Church in the days of the late Roman Empire. She even blasphemously called it the Holy Roman Empire. It was anything but holy. Today the Whore is not limited to the Roman Catholic system. Today the Whore is basically controlling most of Christendom and she is always trying to control government through her Dominion Theology.
Contemporary “Christian” leaders such as Pope Francis, Rick Warren and Russell Moore have great influence over world government. The Whore is in bed with the kings of the earth. UN Agenda 2030 (world governance) is being pushed by the Dominion Theology Whore.
Many “Christian” leaders believe that some form of Dominion Theology will bring the Kingdom of God on earth. They believe this is the role of Christianity. They believe wrong. The Bible does not teach that the Church will Christianize the world before the Lord physically returns. It teaches quite the opposite.
The Whore does not believe in Premillennial Theology. She does not believe in any coming for the faithful Bride in the Rapture or in world judgement during a period called the Great tribulation. That is now the position of more and more leaders that still identify themselves as Evangelicals. That is also what they teach in almost all Bible colleges and seminaries. The whore believes that she will prevail on earth by fornication with the kings of the earth.
Let me give some examples of how this is playing out it contemporary American politics. It really is nothing new. Dominion Theology has been in American politics since Woodrow Wilson and it drove the polices of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in the Eisenhower era.
The Christian Neocons, the social justice Christians and the Christians that teach there are seven mountain mandates or seven spheres of influence that the Church needs to take over are all really promoting the Dominion Theology of the Whore.
These are contemporary descriptions and programs for those that believe the very old heresy that the Church must establish the Kingdom of God on earth before the Lord can return (if they even believe that Jesus will physically return at all).
In the presidential election of 2016 Dominion Theology is playing a strong role.
First let me explain that there are three main Evangelical camps involved in the Republican election. Russell Moore correctly suggested that Trump has the prosperity Pentecostals. Cruz has the moral majority crowd of Jerry Falwell and Rubio has the Billy Graham followers.
Russell Moore is the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Moore probably said that in ridicule since he is in the Billy Graham big tent camp and is working with Rick Warren to get Rubio elected to office.
Moore and Warren have soft Dominion Theology (soft is taking the world for Christ by influence where hard is by force). Russell Moore claims to be a communitarian. He probably believes that Christians values will prevail in the world and all will love sharing their wealth in the world kingdom that will be established.
I want nothing to do with the SBC because of leaders like these that now control it. Nevertheless, Moore is correct about the three Evangelical camps in the 2016 election (although there is some overlap).
Trump is all-in with the Word-of-Faith prosperity teachers. His advisers are Paula White and such. Now Trump has hitched his wagon to Sarah Palin. She goes to a World-of-Faith Church. Palin and White have some connection with the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) that believes that Christians will take over the earth via hard Dominionism.
Trump says he is a huge fan of Dr. Norman Vicente Peale. Peale was the father of the positive thinking and the mentor of Dr. Robert Schuller with his “if you believe it you can achieve it” nonsense. World-of-faith is positive confession as well. That is why it appeals to Trump. Word-of-Faith teaches that your words have power and you can speak reality into existence.
Cruz’s preacher Dad actually identifies with the New Apostolic Reformation. His dad believes in hard Dominion Theology. He believes Christians will become empowered to take back Dominion of the earth from Satan. He claims that Ted Cruz has a special Kingship anointing from God.
Ted Cruz goes to a Southern Baptist Church but that does not mean much these days. He obviously is being influenced by his NAR Dominion Theology father.
Yes, Cruz does draw the Falwell moral majority crowd because of his strong conservative Christian values. I do not know if Cruz buys into Dominion Theology or not, but he appears to be a globalist. His wife was CFR and she held the second highest position at Goldman Sachs. Cruz also supported TPP. That trade agreement along with the trade agreement working its way through the EU would soon have world government controlling all commerce on earth. It really does not matter if Ted Cruz actually supports Dominion Theology. His present course supporting globalism will only help the Whore gain control.
Rubio is a Catholic that sometimes go to a mega sized Baptist Church. He also was a Mormon. He would want us to believe that all claiming to be in Christendom are Christian in spite of the heretical doctrine that most in Christendom believe. In other words, like Billy Graham, Rubio has very big tent theology. As does the Whore.
Is it just a coincidence that the Billy Graham camp got together with the Catholics and the Catholics recently got together with the Word-of-Faith Pentecostals and Word-of-Faith is in bed with the New Apostolic Reformation? I do not think so. They all believe in some form of Christian Dominion Theology. These are the Evangelicals. Bible believers should already know that mainline Christendom acts out the role of a Whore.
We should see that the presidential candidates do reflect American religious values and that says wonders about Christianity in America.
Trump does not have a clue what a real Christian is. He thinks “Christians” like himself will make America rich and great and America should rule the world.
Cruz is being influenced by loons in the NAR that think they have been anointed to take over the world before Jesus returns.
Rubio is wallowing all over his big tent and is on all sides of the fence.
Carson believes the false prophet Ellen White is his guide to live by.
Clinton is a phony mainline liberal “Christian” that believes in nothing but power.
Sanders is a Jewish non believer. In other words, he is an atheist.
The rest of the pack except for Huckabee and Paul are mostly confused Catholics who pick and choose what part of the Bible they want to believe.
The scary thing is that these people actually do reflect America. However, except for two or three they reflect the Whore of Christendom more than they reflect Christ.
Getting back to the main issue that the Roman Empire Whore has Dominion Theology. This is not unique to the United States. There are false revivals taking place all over the world. Most of it appeals to the flesh. People make decisions for Christ because they think that will get them material things, physical healing, or Holy Ghost goose bumps. They will follow the Dominion Theology Whore wherever she leads them.
The false revivals that we see today will be nothing compared to what we will see after world war puts the world on the brink of destruction. That is when the Roman Empire Whore really takes control and unites Christendom under some false Utopian hope.
All the various forms of Dominion Theology are already rapidly coming together. You should not be surprised that a Whore that identifies with Christ would rise to power in the last days. Revelation 17 assures us that she will. She will also persecute the true saints of God (fundamental Bible believing Christians).
Those deceived by the Whore will think they are doing God a favor by ridding the world of those that will not leave their Bible at the door of big tent harlotry. They believe we hinder the Kingdom of God of their worldly dreams. In the middle ages, when the Catholic Church persecuted those that opposed their Dominion Theology, they thought the same thing. There is nothing new under the sun.
A second Bible prophecy issue that needs to be cleared up is that the Whore is not the religious system of the Beast. After the Beast rises to power through the help of Dominion Theology, the ten kings that give their power to the Beast/Antichrist will turn on the Whore and burn her with fire. Those in Dominion Theology that go through this trial can be saved through the fire of the great tribulation.
This Whore saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Just like those with Christian Dominion Theology with their Utopian dreams on earth. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her (Rev 18:8).
Hi Don,
If you’re a real child of the Father born again through Jesus Christ, you can see through all these setups. All these Christians just go with the flow as they are brainwashed and blindfold ! What worries me that you can go with a scripture to a Christian and show what the Word says and they will look at you with dull eyes and hold onto their seats not to be loaded onto a crusade vehicle to do something for the Lord ! So how would they understand what you wrote above ?
Hello Don,
This is only the second time I have posted on your site.I’m not good at putting my thoughts on paper or online.First I want to thank you for coming back to us.After the untimely deaths of Jack Kinsella and Jack Kelley,you are one of just a few left that make any sense to me.
It seems I have no better choice this year than I had in 2008 or 2012.I have thought for years that many Christians could actually help bring on the end with their dominion or replacement theology.
Many think that just because the candidates are Christians that makes them just wonderful.Well,I just have one name for them……Jimmy Carter.I’m 67 years old and I remember! Great article.Thank you.Don.PS. Any thoughts on who you believe will prevail?
Freddie,
They won’t believe what I wrote if they even understand it.
Hi Cheryl.
You have choices. The Republican candidates all have creative ways to deal with America’s issues. If we expect someone that has a totally biblical worldview, we will have to wait until after the second coming.
At this point, I think Trump has it locked up. Americans are fed up with the political system and the direction this nations has taken. They want the next president to be a populist and nationalist.
Great article Don… Like Cheryl above I place you alongside Jack and Jack. I do tend to lose clarity (I am 74) so coming to your site has a calming effect on my soul. Thank you my friend.
Brian
Hi Don,
Great article! We are definitely close that’s all I know. Fundamental Bible believing is where it’s at. 67 is the age of the last generation. (1948) Enjoyed the article.
For better or worse, I will say that I am in no favor of anyone trying to win the nomination on the basis of their respective “Christian” affiliation. I say this because I firmly believe that everything is too far gone for it to matter. Don, ain’t one of the candidates can do anything to save this country or postpone(why anyone would want to postpone, if they could, the Lord’s return) judgement on same. This is like a sick joke of who loves this country or God more on the “right” voting position. This country, and the whole world, for that matter, is on life support. NOTHING we can think or do will save it. Pessimistic? Nah, I am just calling it like it see it. Maranantha!
I hate to say it but I think some are missing the point of my article. The article is not about who should get elected in the United States or if any candidate would change things for the better if elected. It is about the Dominion Theology of the Whore of Christendom. The American candidates where just examples of how the Whore of Dominion Theology is is influencing politics.
Don, before your sabbatical over the past months you were leaning toward the 2030’s for the tribulation to begin. I do not think you have discussed this subject matter in the articles you have penned since your return. The world has taken some rather ominous changes in your absence, I was wondering if your thoughts on that subject remain the same? I really appreciate the wisdom provided in your articles, I have many good friends who are believers along with family but delving into this subject matter in not something they like to entertain.
Another great article, Don.
I was reading a blog a couple of days ago, in relation to the unrest in the middle-east and how it relates to end-time events and Bible prophecy. The post was written by a Bible believing Christian and one of the comments to the blog post really made me do a double-take.
The commenter stated that “we” (Bible believing, pre-millennial, dispensational Christians) were all “war mongers” who were “drooling in anticipation” at the supposed coming destruction and death of millions of people as foretold in Revelation.
He went on to say that we should stop being so hateful and start doing what Jesus wanted us (Christians) to do – the rest of his comment outlined the various “social gospel” teachings with no mention of the Great Commission. In his view, everyone was a child of God and we should just stop with the literal reading of the Bible and wake up (I’ve summarised some of his words but that was the gist of his comments).
It was very sobering, and disturbing, to realise how Bible-believing Christians are viewed by some in Christendom. The deception is well under way.
Thanks for this post, Don, it’s very timely.
Hi Stephen,
Actually I have always been leaning toward the mid to late 2020’s for the tribulation to begin. I think Jesus will return in the 2030’s and I don’t mean at the Rapture which is before the tribulation. I don’t want to repeat what I already wrote and that is why I have not written anything more about that on this blog. People can find out what I wrote about by doing a search from the search box of my homepage (that is not the search box on this blog).
Hi Christina,
That view in the big tent Whore is why it will lead to persecution of Bible believing, premillennnial dispensational Christians. In fact, it has already started in some countries and there is soft persecution even here. Even the last two presidents warned about Christian fundamentalists as did the Pope. If one claims to be a Christian but does not believe in the fundamentals of the faith they are one with the Whore of Revelation 17.
Great article! I understand that the whore will bring the antichrist to power but that most likely will not happen before the rapture? Since she will totally control the world political system before the beast arises – do you think this
will happen before or after the rapture? Also, do you think world government and world religion will happen simultaneously?
donni,
The Whore has controlled the fourth Kingdom in the past and she continues to influence what it has morphed into today. Only the Beast son of perdition that rises out of the Abyss actually controls the whole world but that will not happen while the faithful Church is still here carrying out her great commission.
The Beast and his false prophet set up a world kingdom and they force ALL that want to buy or sell to receive his mark and worship him as God. What they set up is Satan’s counterfeit kingdom of God on earth but not all in the left behind whore will buy into that deception. That is why they burn her.
Most of the rest of world will buy into it. He obviously is in total control of the Kingdom that he sets up but not everyone in the world will take the mark and worship him. Keep in mind that the Beast and False prophet possess supernatural powers. Only Jesus can defeat them.
It’s not a coincidence that the Dominionists and New Apostolic reformation adherents support Pope Francis in his Catholic Quest a ‘global Kingdom of peace’. Peace is the core thread, when in fact, in Matthew 10:34, Jesus himself states he didn’t come to bring peace; but a Sword. It’s possible that Christendom’s end-time falling away apostasy is linked to this “LIE” that God himself brings, to all who refuse to love the Truth. That is why God warns HIS OWN PEOPLE, in Rev. 18, to come out of her. Those who are ruled by their Flesh nature instead of by the Holy Spirit of truth, may fall for this delusion and suffer loss as a result.
Don,
I did some reading of other articles & on the idea of our Lord returning sometime in between 2030-40 talking after the rapture that is… Wow think about that for a minute… Eternity would begin for us that are raptured! I know eternity actually begins after the 1,000 yr millennium after the Great white Judgment but compared to eternity that’s not far off! You consider the rapture 7 yrs prior to 2030’ish say that would put us around 2023 give or take, 2023-1948= 75 yr old generation.
I’m excited. I read how our planet is cooling last year, like u said.. cooling cycles & so forth. I agree.
Bill
another superior article with great knowlege.. i hope u never stop writing don.. i also enjoyed jack kelly’s articles i believe he died few years ago
Hi Don, like Brian above I have a tendency to wonder just what is going on. My wife always tells me that God is still in control. I read your articles of faith, can’t disagree with anything, and the one thing that I do know if God is who he says He is His Word is pure and has been preserved through the ages. Our so called fundamentalism for Christ is the laughing stock of the world, but it is so sad to see so many people taking the wide road. Keep writing your clarity is good for the soul.
Hi Don,
As Brian from Oz says, your site has a calming effect on my soul. And to restate what others have written, after Jack Kelley’s passing, there aren’t very many prophecy sites that I find fulfilling. I’ve thought about the 10 world divisions a lot, and have even seen the divisions plotted out on a world map, but I can’t see how all this is going to come about within the next 10-15 years. I too, like many here, are of that 1948 generation, and I’m getting anxious. If your time table is correct, much has to happen very soon. As far as the US is concerned, there are a lot of folks who won’t take the sort of regime change necessary to bring in the 10 kings without much blood in the streets. You can see the resistance already with that standoff up in the Northeast. How do you see this coming about?
Hi Doug,
The ten world zones probably are something that develops after world war. They may rapidly be put in place as a solution to nationalist wars. The zones could also be ten zones in the area of the old Roman Empire. The elite have also drawn up plans for that. One even could be a prototype for the other. It also is likely to be 15 years or even a bit more. The ten kings have power with the Beast. The Beast arises in the last 3.5 years. 15 years + 3.5 years would put the second coming around 2034-2035.
As you probably know I never bought into the 1948 fig tree conjecture. If anyone is interested in why, they can find articles on that in the top 100 of my previous blog. If you remember Jack Kelly went all in on the 70 year conjecture and set the date of the seconding coming not later than 2018 with the rapture being before 2011. He even said in one article they he would apologize to his readers if it did not happen by then. I don’t think he ever did. When I made comments against his position his reciprocal link to my site was gone.
I think most of this takes place after a major world war and after the restrainer is removed. True Christians will not be here and most that are left will be willing to give up freedom for the promise of peace and security. It is already that way in France. As you know I do not think the United States will even make it to the end times as a major player. Yes, there will be blood in the streets here but it will not come as resistance to world government. I wrote my imminent danger series about the different possibilites.
Don, I recall that disagreement you had with Jack. I’ve had a few with him myself (which he never posted on his site), but overall, he was a faithful expositor of Scripture. Yes, a war might do it. Governments tend to use wars to advance their agendas. I do hope we’re out of here before then. I’ll re-read your Imminent Danger Series.
‘”—and most that are left will be willing to give up freedom for the promise of peace and security. It is already that way in France.”‘
By now everyone knows that the German girls and women are not safe on their own streets because Merkel opened the country to an influx of migrants.
I was reading the comments section on some news links a few days ago and there was one from a woman in Germany. She said, “A lot of us Europeans are hoping Donald Trump gets the presidency. We wish we had a Donald Trump to help us.”
That made me think about how easy it will be for people to follow that one world leader when he appears and promises peace and security.
I hope no one reads into this that I’m saying Donald Trump is that man because that is not what I am saying.
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Hello Don,
I have not seen anything about Dominion theology in countries other than the US. Do you have any information on that?
Rod
Hi Rod,
“Christian” Dominion Theology is just about everywhere. For example The Catholic Church believes in Dominion Theology as does most of Protestantism and Word of Faith Pentecostalism. Basically those that believe that we are now living in the Kingdom on Earth right now have some form of Dominion Theology. Most in amillennial Covenant Theology would be in the Dominion Theology camp. So we are talking about most of Christendom.
I am not saying that those in Dominion Theology have much power over secular government these days. However, they once did in Europe and they will again before the end.
europe is a dangerous place to live in today, those refugees are raping and murdering people its insane id be scared to go out in germany. they really are taking over..
Yeah, but as a white man I would not want to be putting around in the black or Latino ghettos of America’s big cities either.
Hi Don I am new to this. A question, do you take any patterns into consideration such as Jewish Shemitah and Jubilee years? Lots of predictions are soly based on this.
Hi Etienne,
I think a Jubilee was announced at that the start of the Lord’s ministry. Because the nation of Israel rejected Jesus the next thing that follows for them is the Day of Vengeance. Meanwhile, we are in the times given to the Gentiles to be grafted in. Gentiles certainly have nothing to do with the Israelite jubilee system.
I do not think there will be another God given Jubilee in Israel until Jesus returns cleanses the third Temple and announced the wedding feast. God also does not deal with Gentile nations based on Shemitah cycles and Israel is still spiritually dead.
Those that use crazy hermeneutics to search the scriptures to come up with unfounded ridiculous presumptions are best qualified to start a cult. And they do.
Paula White is the President’s spiritual advisor and has her own office in the White House. Is she just a figurehead or does she have real influence there?
Hi Dee,
She is the President’s top spiritual advisor. That does not mean she has any influence over anyone else in the White House.
The fact that the President would pick a Word of Faith heretic for his top spiritual advisor says wonders about his own spiritual condition.
Hi Don,
Recently Paula White came out with a new book. Franklin Graham posts on face book and he advised his readers to “check out her book.” He didn’t give an opinion on it so I had to assume he approved. I’ve seen up to 65,000 followers on his posts. I’m not sure what to make of him these days.